Red Guitar

"Red Guitar"
Single by David Sylvian
from the album Brilliant Trees
B-side"Forbidden Colours" (version)
Released21 May 1984 (1984-05-21)[1]
Recorded1983–1984, London / Berlin
GenreArt rock
Length
  • 5:09 (album version)
  • 4:24 (single version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)David Sylvian
Producer(s)
David Sylvian singles chronology
"Forbidden Colours"
(1983) 		"Red Guitar"
(1984) 		"The Ink in the Well"
(1984)

"Red Guitar" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. Released in May 1984, it was his debut solo single (not counting his two earlier singles with Ryuichi Sakamoto) and taken from his first solo album Brilliant Trees. It peaked at no.17 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

  1. ^ "News". Record Mirror: 4. 19 May 1984. Retrieved 13 December 2020 – via flickr.com.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).